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50 Things You Can Expect
...concerning fostering
1. to change a
dog's life
2. to change your life
3. to need to puppy-proof your house no matter how old your foster is
4. to have a foster that may not know basic commands
5. to laugh when things don't go your way (You have other shoes.
It's ok)
6. to not want to let your foster leave when it's time
7. to be a "foster failure" and keep one at some point. (It
happens to most -
ask the Wartenbergs. Haha)
8. to lose a piece of your heart with each foster, but to have your
heart
grow bigger every time
9. to get to know the families that adopt your fosters and to gain
many friends
over the years
10. to have a counter-surfing foster. Phyl, put that bread away! :o)
11. to be rewarded just by seeing the foster change in your care
12. to have your own dog(s) be a little jealous & upset at first
13. to not trust your foster off leash
14. to go through lots of treats
15. to see hopeless chocolate eyes turn lively and vibrant
16. to take a lot of pictures
17. to keep MAGRR updated on the foster's progress
18. to hear from our MAGRR New England coordinator - many times.
(Love you, Lise! Hehe!)
19. to have to work on some potty training at times
20. to take your foster to adoption events
21. to meet families interested in adopting and to have a fear that no one
can love that foster like you can.
22. to need to take a break every now and then
23. to need to take more than you can handle every now and then
24. to socialize your own dogs & let them help in training your foster & in
showing them the ropes
25. to get a foster that is going through heartworm treatment
26. to get more email than you'd sometimes like
27. to make trips you don't need to take just to be sure your foster is in
plenty
of different situations
28. to need to bathe your foster immediately so your house doesn't stink
29. to have a fearful foster that needs special attention and a more rigid
routine
30. to develop strong friendships with others involved in MAGRR
31. to have to be a nurse at times
32. to need one more lint roller than usual
33. to have a foster with some bad habits like barking, digging, chewing
34. to have more chaos in your house than you are used to
35. to have other family members get attached
36. to have personality conflicts with your own dogs and have one not work
out
37. to need to call someone else in MAGRR for advice on that 'weird thing'
your foster is doing
38. to be excited and tell people that don't really care about dogs all
about
the really cute thing your newest foster just did
39. to get burned out
40. to get talked back into it
41. to get updates from time to time from your adopting families
42. to purchase the spotlifter you've always wanted for your carpet anyway
43. to have muddy pawprints in the kitchen
44. to earn sweet, appreciative snuggles & kisses
45. to remember each and every foster & what made that particular dog so
unique
46. to hear/see things that make you cry
47. to hear/see things that make you angry
48. to hear/see things that make your heart bubble over with joy
49. to be a part of a very special group of individuals that sacrifice time,
money,
energy, and comfort to help a dog that has nowhere else
to go and no one
else to love him/her
50. to be a bridge between the before and the after
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